Fantasy Sports Live Podcast 6-30-14
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Podcast Guest: naapstermaan
@naapstermaan
naapstermaan is one of the most feared names in daily fantasy sports. He’s been crushing the DraftDay $15,000 Bracket Challenge, averaging the highest score over the first three days. Tune in and hear his secrets on winning tournaments at DraftDay! Then head to the DraftDay Blog and read more about the marquee matchups!
DraftDay Update
As we kick off the new week, DraftDay has everything you could possibly be looking for in the world of DFS. With an 11-game slate, there is an abundance of roster options for you to consider tonight. If you’re a big time player, the $109 Field of Dreams is the place for you. A $2,500 prize pool awaits those bold enough to pony up the cash. A great game that fits most bankrolls is the $15 Knuckleball. An enticing $1,500 prize pool is there for the taking. Take a stab at one of these big pots tonight. If you’re a more conservative player, the $3.30 Wiz Walkoff is perfect any day of the week. You can throw a bunch of different lineups in this bad boy and grab your share of the $750 prize pool. If you’re looking to the future, grab your spot in a Qualifier for the $109 Field of Dreams for as little as $5.50 and win your way in to the granddaddy of them all. Starbucks’ prices are going up on July 1st, so if you want any hope of being able to afford your daily fix, you had better start stockpiling cash now! Finish in the top 5 of any of these featured tournaments, and your name will become instantly famous with a shoutout from CrazyGabey and myself on the Fantasy Sports Live Podcast!
$109 Field of Dreams
On Friday in the Field of Dreams, exarezee (185) held off Mirage88 (184) by the slimmest of margins as Justin Verlander was two points better than R.A. Dickey. Rounding out the top scorers were runitup (177), dbsultan (170), and mattgoody (170).
Saturday, mtrealtalk (256) took down the Field of Dreams despite a donut by Sonny Gray by rostering an incredibly balanced lineup that had six players score between 31-35 points. KevinA26 (236) and runitup (201) rounded out the money spots.
Sunday’s edition of the Field of Dreams belonged to hoop2410 (286) behind Clayton Kershaw’s 63 points and Matt Joyce’s ridiculous 94 point double-dong game. Runitup (281), Golf_Coach (264), and AngryFish (253) finished out the winners.
$15 Knuckleball
Newcomer kelly23 (262) emerged victorious in Friday’s Knuckleball behind Julio Teheran’s 49 points and Brian McCann’s (43) late dong. Rounding out the big winners were naapstermaan (237), Toastjones21 (235), Lobstars (214), and AllorNothing x2 (213).
Saturday, Ben919 (245) knocked off cshaw420 (243) behind a solid Max Scherzer/Yu Darvish combo that yielded 105 points. Mjtktb (240), fryeislander (236), and MD0530 (225) found their way into the big money as well.
Sunday’s edition of the Knuckleball was dominated by dantraveler (337), as his unheralded trio of Homer Bailey, Matt Joyce, and Ben Zobrist combined for 215 points. The rest of the top 5 were PapaCub (306), hoop2410 (286), runitup (281), and naapstermaan (267)
$3.30 Wiz Walkoff
Friday’s Wiz Walkoff was won by hufty1980 (269), followed by naapstermaan (237), OG_Greg (236), facemelters (236), and Miket_2412 (232).
On Saturday, SirMalcolm (295) just edged cshaw420 x2 (294) for the title. Also hitting it big were nyrajf (247) and bblga (247).
Sunday’s edition should come as no surprise, as dantraveler (337) dominated all over the place again, followed by PapaCub (306), stephen9678 (300), rcf5415 (295), and hoop2410 (286).
Fantasy Sports Live League Update
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On Friday, AllOrNothing (213) was the king of the Five Guys. Also clinching their spot in Saturday’s freeroll were Keith3101, mmyeah (160), Crazygabey (149), and MattTruss223 (148). Speaking of the freeroll, cameron1551 and bsell25 tied at the top with 204, followed by DaddyBigs x2 (202) and MattTruss223 (199). Congrats to the big winners! We demand that you all are back again next week. Make it happen.
Today’s Strategy Content
As always, Josh Shepardson will be here to bring us tonight’s top plays in his Picks to Click article, with top plays and value plays galore.
Jessica Kleinschmidt is back with another NFL feature for you to check out as you prep for the upcoming season.